Cougars dominate Allen

By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

Both Photo Credit/Rhonda Hansen, LDNE.

Allen                4          6          7          9          -26

LDNE              15        14        9          14        -62

2pt       3pt       FT       Rb       F          TP

Chevy  H         1          2          2/2       1          3          10

Alex B              1          0          0/1       4          2          2

Bobby  S          0          4          0/0       0          0          12

Taylor  F          2          0          1/1       4          2          5

Dakota R         6          0          2/2       23        3          14

Marcus H         2          0          1/2       4          3          5

David   B         2          0          0/0       8          3          4

Montana R       0          1          0/0       0          1          3

Dylan H            0          1          0/0       0          2          3

Alec A             2          0          0/1       3          2          4

Tyler H             0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Team               16        8          6/9       28        19        62

Allen               7          1          9/22     11        13        26

The Cougars boys had an easy warm-up for 2014 with a 62-26 drubbing of winless Allen on January 3.  The Eagles fall to 0-8 while the Cougars stand at 3-4.

The coach took little pleasure in the easy win as the heart of the season starts in January.

“The next six games will be key for our season,” said Coach Lahm.  We could be 9-4 or we could be 3-13.  They are all winnable, but we have to play our best.  They are all going to be well contested.”

The opponents for the Cougars in the next three weeks are (3-6) Tekamah-Herman, (6-2) Mead, (4-5) Wakefield, (6-3) Cedar Bluffs, and (4-6) Humphrey Lindsay/Holy Family.

The Cougars never trailed against Allen.  Five different Players put in points as Northeast opened a 15-4 first quarter lead.  Bobby Simpson led the way with two treys.

By half time the lead grew to 39-10.  In the second half Coach Lahm turned the game   over to the underclassmen.  They outscored Allen 23-16.  “It was nice to give them a chance to play.  We are hoping that some of the other players will be inspired to work for a varsity uniform.”

Northeast connected on 24 of 43 shots while holding Allen to 8 of  26 shooting.  Dakota Riecken, Bobby Simpson and Chevy Henneman scored in double figures.  LDNE  had a 28-11 advantage in rebounding with David Bishop leading the way with 8.

Northeast hosts Tekamah-Herman next Friday.  On Saturday,  they travel to Mead for a 2:00 PM contest.